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Mr. Nice! posted:You ask for permission to depart from your ship as normal, as you cross the QD of the other ship, you ask for permission to cross. This is how i remember it. Iirc on my boat you were supposed to like fully stop, stand at attention, salute the topside watch and formally request permission to go ashore, then cross the quarterdeck, stop again, and salute the colors before crossing the gangplank. Thankfully when crossing the other boat you could usually get away with a drive-bye salute and a nod to the quarterdeck watch.
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titties posted:This is how i remember it. Iirc on my boat you were supposed to like fully stop, stand at attention, salute the topside watch and formally request permission to go ashore, then cross the quarterdeck, stop again, and salute the colors before crossing the gangplank. On submarines you throw a salute at the boat you're crossing's POOD, if you're feeling squared away. One advantage to boats over ships is a lot less of the "PETTY OFFICER CAT REQUESTING PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD" QD bullshit skimmers have to put up with. I've only ever seen the full routine done sarcastically.
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I think the only time I ever did it was when I brought my dad on board for a tour. Other than that the brow watch was lucky to get a nod and a vague hand motion at 5am
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Elviscat posted:On submarines you throw a salute at the boat you're crossing's POOD, if you're feeling squared away. Yeah that's what i was saying, just toss a drive- bye salute to the topside watch on the other boat. On my boat they did expect you to do the whole "salute the colors, salute the watch, request permission" thing, but only the first time you crossed the QD that morning
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I preferred doing the dick salute when crossing double parked on subs.
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Boomers don't even have anyone on the inboard boat that you could salute if you wanted to; the POOD is on the pier.
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M_Gargantua posted:I think the only time I ever did it was when I brought my dad on board for a tour. 5am? Nod, wave and spilling half of the kebab bought on the way back from the last bar on the QD 
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On the Enterprise the most we gave was saluting the ensign and then the POOD and going "Permission to come aboard?" We didn't have to identify ourselves by name or anything. In the morning when we showed up en masse it was two hand salutes and some mumbles because we had to get 3000 half asleep people aboard.
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I got to see nod, wave, fall into the Thames river drunk during holiday stand-down once, there were ice floes in the river it was so cold.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/ThrustWR/status/1664010718231027712?s=20 RIMPAC was one of the exercises I really wanted to do but never got the chance. The loving reserve AWACS squadron always volunteered for it so the active duty folks could handle the CENTCOM and SOUTHCOM (JIATF-S) bullshit without being too strained. Gee, thanks guys.
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I spent way too long trying to figure out if this was loss
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Flyinglemur posted:I spent way too long trying to figure out if this was loss it is but not in the way you think
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https://twitter.com/JimLaPorta/status/1664357029677355016?s=20 That's a much cooler cover than the cruise book I have
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/JimLaPorta/status/1664357029677355016?s=20 
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I appreciate cringe poo poo if it is done in earnest. I am sure some PAO and/or MC were really excited about it
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Pumping diesel overboard is the kind of poo poo that gets civilian mariners sent to no-poo poo jail.
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Nick Soapdish posted:I appreciate cringe poo poo if it is done in earnest. I am sure some PAO and/or MC were really excited about it No, sorry, I mean dumping diesel and managing to get it into your drinking water I felt the metaphor was apt
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Nick Soapdish posted:I appreciate cringe poo poo if it is done in earnest. I am sure some PAO and/or MC were really excited about it WHO WANTS TO SEE MY CRUISE JACKET?
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FrozenVent posted:Pumping diesel overboard is the kind of poo poo that gets civilian mariners sent to no-poo poo jail. Meanwhile the air wing is up here dumping thousands of gallons of JP-5 around the carrier every day.
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I was on a short boxer deployment and a jp5 line busted and leaked into the ships laundry. Guess what they used to mop up the fuel? Mine and many other bags of dirty laundry! Then they disposed of all of them and told us to gently caress ourselves. Lost 3 coveralls but gained my esws pin! Lol.
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Crab Dad posted:The loving Wasp tooting their horn woke me up today. I'll be in downtown Honolulu Wednesday, probably Pig and Lady or Yakitori Hachibei if you're around. Have the duty Thursday but will be back 2 weeks after as well.
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I got selected for first class my 6th and final year active duty  . Seriously considering doing SELRES for Tricare and the $20k bonus. Please remind me why this is a terrible idea.
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Fred Dawes posted:I got selected for first class my 6th and final year active duty Reserves is a special kind of special but the bonus sounds nice, insurance is cool and you could wind up at fleet week or some poo poo
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Fred Dawes posted:I got selected for first class my 6th and final year active duty The reserves are going pretty good for Crab Dad. You’d still be in the military, however. And TRICare really only beats the VA if 2 conditions are met: 1- You have dependents 2- Your VA Is particularly bad. I retired and I have dependents, so TRICare makes sense for me- plus no added service obligation in the reserves for broke dick fat rear end retirees. But if I lived alone and/or somewhere with a decent VA I’d jump on that poo poo. My dad is a retired O and he just uses the VA, because where he’s at they’re far and away the best game in town, and happen to be free! Since you served during GWOT don’t you get a like an extra decade of no income adjusted free medical care from the VA? I think you get that for life after a certain C&P rating with the VA but don’t quote me on that.
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Fred Dawes posted:I got selected for first class my 6th and final year active duty If you are going into a gov position you can’t get tricare so there’s barely any point unless you really really like playing navy a little. What rate by the way?
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Question for the reservists with experience in resfor fucker. Can I rescheduke resched dates for drill? My orders for this weekend never got funded so I'm not going but don't want to have to do a bunch of extra drill days later.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:The reserves are going pretty good for Crab Dad. Most vets I know around here just use the VA exclusively because it's equivalent to better than local healthcare options. We can see someone anytime we need, meds that we can't pick up get overnighted to us, and there is zero out of pocket expense for the majority of us.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Most vets I know around here just use the VA exclusively because it's equivalent to better than local healthcare options. We can see someone anytime we need, meds that we can't pick up get overnighted to us, and there is zero out of pocket expense for the majority of us. But until a certain % dependants aren't covered for medical (if they are at all anymore? My parents are both because of my dad but he got hurt years ago and medically retired so idk.) I'm only playing weekend navy for the Healthcare as my wife needs good Healthcare that wouldn't rake us over a fire cost wise. I use it far less than she has to.
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King of Bees posted:I was on a short boxer deployment and a jp5 line busted and leaked into the ships laundry. Guess what they used to mop up the fuel? Mine and many other bags of dirty laundry! Then they disposed of all of them and told us to gently caress ourselves. Lost 3 coveralls but gained my esws pin! Lol. It makes a nice desk ornament.
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Thronde posted:But until a certain % dependants aren't covered for medical (if they are at all anymore? My parents are both because of my dad but he got hurt years ago and medically retired so idk.) You can get CHAMPVA for dependents if you're totally and permanently disabled, but otherwise options are limited for family coverage through the VA. I'll admit that this is reason enough to have alternate coverage.
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Thronde posted:Question for the reservists with experience in resfor fucker. Can I rescheduke resched dates for drill? My orders for this weekend never got funded so I'm not going but don't want to have to do a bunch of extra drill days later. You can’t but the NRC is capable.
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Thanks for the words of advice and encouragement.Crab Dad posted:If you are going into a gov position you can’t get tricare so there’s barely any point unless you really really like playing navy a little. ET, surface warfare type
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Fred Dawes posted:Thanks for the words of advice and encouragement. Enjoy Taiwan!
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Fred Dawes posted:Thanks for the words of advice and encouragement. Sounds like a Surgemain flex drill type unit would be good for you. If you got a TS clearance sometimes NIOC units will take an ET (avoid their mission is super lame). If you got any other questions you can PM me. I’m not the best support but I generally can find out stuff to help.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Most vets I know around here just use the VA exclusively because it's equivalent to better than local healthcare options. We can see someone anytime we need, meds that we can't pick up get overnighted to us, and there is zero out of pocket expense for the majority of us. I use the VA where I'm at and the out of pocket for copays and meds is still a ridiculous amount less than if I had regular health insurance.
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Fred Dawes posted:I got selected for first class my 6th and final year active duty Congratulations! I transitioned to the reserve after 6 years active in 2012 as a First Class as well. You've hit the big two items that being a reservist gets you, cheap health care for your family and some pocket cash. Depending on where you live being a reservist could be a simple thing or it could be complicated. I can only speak to the IS life but I am sure if an ET that being away from a Fleet area is going to add the complexity of being cross-assigned to an active command somewhere near the Fleet while doing your drills at a local reserve center or having to drive far to be with a unit that actually does your job. Some people don't mind putting the uniform on for a weekend, sitting in a classroom doing nothing, and going home, that's what usual reserve unit life seemed from the outside. My first year in the reserve was not bad as coming from active duty you're seen as a resource (as you know your job and how to do Navy stuff) but learning how things are done in the reserve was something that I never got the hang of and struggled with. This leads to the other downside, like active duty as you advance you do less with your job and people and more administrative and with the reserve center. The difference is that, out of the 6-8 reserve centers I drilled from, most treat reservists as an annoyance that get in the way of whatever they think their job is. After I made Chief I had to deal more and more with the reserve center and region and that led to a precipice drop in my enjoyment with anything to do with the Navy. Also, if you're working with a small reserve unit, you will likely be the only senior enlisted as a First or Chief and have all that administrative duties on your plate. I was lucky that I had a wonderful unit CO who I'd known for many years and was a real mensch. I do miss working with junior Sailors and junior officers; it was always neat to see the vastly different real world jobs and skills that folks had. Way different when getting to know people and hearing their stories about life that is wasn't just "oh I was stationed at [x] and then [y]," that you get with active duty. I still laughed that I had an IS3 at my first reserve unit that was a finance guy who basically joined on a lark since he did not need the money or benefits. Anywho, hope that helps your decision process a bit. TL;DR version: Your unit leadership and your NRA leadership have any outsized effect on how enjoyable your time will be. You'll move from doing work with your unit and junior Sailors over to administrative work with the NRA as you have more time in the reserve and eventually make Chief.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Most vets I know around here just use the VA exclusively because it's equivalent to better than local healthcare options. We can see someone anytime we need, meds that we can't pick up get overnighted to us, and there is zero out of pocket expense for the majority of us. I don't know where your "here" is, but I know it ain't my here (Syracuse). I came from Minneapolis, which had a very good VA healthcare network to what might be one of the worst. After 6 months here I had an 8 page letter I sent to the person in charge. Everything from wrong information about my health history and the wrong person's charts in my record to people walking into the exam room without knocking (while being examined, door wide the gently caress open), to PAs passing serious judgement of my character because of the medicinal THC to just straight up horseshitter in the mental health area. I got pretty hosed over by Voc Rehab as well, but that was after I complained so I guess I should have expected that. I know they are not related, but I got told to my face "be careful who you disclose things to." Thankfully my wife has good insurance through her work or else we would be screwed because Tricare is pretty lovely too. Thanks for listening to my latest session of "A Bitching Sailor is a Happy Sailor." Hit like and subscribe and check out my merch page
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Thronde posted:Question for the reservists with experience in resfor fucker. Can I rescheduke resched dates for drill? My orders for this weekend never got funded so I'm not going but don't want to have to do a bunch of extra drill days later. You should be able to, actually. Though, it may be different for enlisted. Under your EDM dashboard in NSIPS, it should list which drills you have rescheduled. There is a option on the bottom of the page called "Reschedule IDT Request" which should allow you to modify any reskeds that haven't been executed yet. Otherwise, call your chief and have them notify the NRC ops folks.
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AlternateNu posted:You should be able to, actually. Though, it may be different for enlisted. I was told it wasn’t possible for me to resched a resched due to the way NSIPS behaves but it was trivial for manpower to do it. And yes I just had to my CO/XO to sign off on it. I’m about to do it again because I just created my orders from the IDTT requirement and they don’t align at all with the dates I pushed my May and June drills off to. I don’t have a chief right now to assist me with the fine stuff but I do have an excellent relationship with the NRC.
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